Post by t-bob on May 1, 2019 11:29:56 GMT -5
GUDDLE
verb
1. to catch (fish) by groping with the hands, as under rocks or along a riverbank.
verb (used without object),
1. to grope for fish under stones, along a riverbank, etc.
noun
1. a muddled affair; mix-up; confusion.
Quotes
Tam once more resumed his attempt to guddle a trout .... -- Christopher Brookmyre, Country of the Blind, 1997 They have to learn how to catch frogs and how to skin them, for the outside is unpalatable; how to guddle for trout and eels; how to detect the plaice in the shallow waters of the bay, hidden in or against the sand, with only their eyes showing. -- J. Arthur Thomson, Secrets of Animal Life, 1919
Origin
The verb guddle “to catch (fish) by groping with the hands, as under rocks or along a riverbank” is a Scottish word with no known etymology. Guddle was used by several Scots writers, the most popular being Robert Louis Stevenson. Guddle entered English in the first half of the 19th century.
verb
1. to catch (fish) by groping with the hands, as under rocks or along a riverbank.
verb (used without object),
1. to grope for fish under stones, along a riverbank, etc.
noun
1. a muddled affair; mix-up; confusion.
Quotes
Tam once more resumed his attempt to guddle a trout .... -- Christopher Brookmyre, Country of the Blind, 1997 They have to learn how to catch frogs and how to skin them, for the outside is unpalatable; how to guddle for trout and eels; how to detect the plaice in the shallow waters of the bay, hidden in or against the sand, with only their eyes showing. -- J. Arthur Thomson, Secrets of Animal Life, 1919
Origin
The verb guddle “to catch (fish) by groping with the hands, as under rocks or along a riverbank” is a Scottish word with no known etymology. Guddle was used by several Scots writers, the most popular being Robert Louis Stevenson. Guddle entered English in the first half of the 19th century.